Artist: Traditional Irish
Ten [G] years before I [D] saw the light of [G] morning
A comradeship of heroes was [C] laid
From every corner of the world came [D] sailing
The Fifth Inter[C]national Bri[G]gade
They [G] came to stand [D] beside the Spanish [G] people
To try and stem the rising fascist [C] tide
Franco's allies were the powerful and [D] wealthy
Frank Ryan's men came [C] from the other [G] side
Even [G] the [D] olives were [G] bleeding
As the battle for Madrid it thundered [C] on
Truth and love against the force of [D] evil
Brotherhood against [C] the fascist [G] clan
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
Bob [G] Hilliard was a [D] Church of Ireland [G] pastor
Form Killarney across the Pyrenees he [C] came
From Derry came a brave young Christian [D] Brother
Side by side they [C] fought and died in [G] Spain
Tommy [G] Woods age [D] seventeen died in [G] Cordoba
With Na Fianna he learned to hold his [C] gun
From Dublin to the Villa Del [D] Rio
Where he fought and died [C] beneath the blazing [G] sun
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
Many [G] Irishmen heard [D] the call of [G] Franco
Joined Hitler and Mussolini [C] too
Propaganda from the pulpit and [D] newspapers
Helped O'Duffy [C] to enlist his [G] crew
The [G] word came from [D] Maynooth, "support the [G] Nazis"
The men of cloth failed [C] again
When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun [D] Laoghaire
As they sailed beneath [C] the swastika to [G] Spain
[CHORUS] - INSTRUMENTAL
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
This [G] song is a [D] tribute to Frank [G] Ryan
Kit Conway and Dinny Coady [C] too
Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh [D] Bonar
Though many died I [C] can but name a [G] few
Danny [G] Boyle, Blaser- [D] Brown and Charlie [G] Donnelly
Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the [C] Falls
Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank [D] Conroy
Jim Foley, Tony [C] Fox and Dick [G] O'Neill
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
A comradeship of heroes was [C] laid
From every corner of the world came [D] sailing
The Fifth Inter[C]national Bri[G]gade
They [G] came to stand [D] beside the Spanish [G] people
To try and stem the rising fascist [C] tide
Franco's allies were the powerful and [D] wealthy
Frank Ryan's men came [C] from the other [G] side
Even [G] the [D] olives were [G] bleeding
As the battle for Madrid it thundered [C] on
Truth and love against the force of [D] evil
Brotherhood against [C] the fascist [G] clan
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
Bob [G] Hilliard was a [D] Church of Ireland [G] pastor
Form Killarney across the Pyrenees he [C] came
From Derry came a brave young Christian [D] Brother
Side by side they [C] fought and died in [G] Spain
Tommy [G] Woods age [D] seventeen died in [G] Cordoba
With Na Fianna he learned to hold his [C] gun
From Dublin to the Villa Del [D] Rio
Where he fought and died [C] beneath the blazing [G] sun
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
Many [G] Irishmen heard [D] the call of [G] Franco
Joined Hitler and Mussolini [C] too
Propaganda from the pulpit and [D] newspapers
Helped O'Duffy [C] to enlist his [G] crew
The [G] word came from [D] Maynooth, "support the [G] Nazis"
The men of cloth failed [C] again
When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun [D] Laoghaire
As they sailed beneath [C] the swastika to [G] Spain
[CHORUS] - INSTRUMENTAL
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
This [G] song is a [D] tribute to Frank [G] Ryan
Kit Conway and Dinny Coady [C] too
Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh [D] Bonar
Though many died I [C] can but name a [G] few
Danny [G] Boyle, Blaser- [D] Brown and Charlie [G] Donnelly
Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the [C] Falls
Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank [D] Conroy
Jim Foley, Tony [C] Fox and Dick [G] O'Neill
[CHORUS]
[C] Viva la Quinta Brigada
"No Pasaran", the [D] pledge that made them [G] fight
"Adelante" is the [D] cry around the [Em] hillside
[C]Let us all [D] remember them [G] tonight
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